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Kat_Maria drank Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black by Butiki Teas

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From the description and reviews, I knew I would love this tea.

I knew it was my kind of black tea, sweet and non-astringent, with beautiful intact leaves, turning into liquor of ruby red color. And that’s what I got! The aroma is absolutely tantalizing, it smells just like honey (http://youtu.be/7EgB__YratE).

I was a little surprised by the taste. While it was honey-sweet, the sweetness would stop somewhere in mid-sip and turn into something more bready and doughy – a complex note that I haven’t experienced that much with similar black teas. The second steep is not as sweet as the first, and I don’t really mind it. It is definitely a kind of tea that is “the same but different” – just like the other Chinese, sweet blacks I have had, but more unusual.

While it doesn’t beat my (so far) favorite Jin Pin from Yezi, it is very close. It is something that I would like to re-stock, perhaps not continuously, but from time to time.

Preparation

205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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ME & TEA

I started drinking tea when I was a teenager, my dad used to make tea a million times a day as it was (and still is!) good for his health. So he would make it for the entire family. Usually it was Lipton with a teaspoon of sugar per cup and a slice of lemon. I was fond of it made this way then a lot.

Then I would have occasional loose leaf teas, I slowly got into green tea… I would mostly stick to bagged tea though. It was just convenient.

Only recently, in the middle of 2013, did I start getting seriously into all kinds of loose leaf tea.

My cupboard only reflects what I have in ‘regular’ (non-sample) sizes. It could be that I have some tea you’re looking for, just in a smaller amount, even though it is not in my cupboard, so you can always just ask when swapping with me :)

[LOVES]:
- Chinese & Taiwanese black teas
- second flush darjeelings
- malty assams
- green oolongs
- Chinese green teas
- super-fruity rooibos/honeybush “teas”

[LIKES]:
- Japanese green teas
- white teas
- dark oolongs
- interesting dessert teas
- earl greys
- pu-erhs

[IS INDIFFERENT ABOUT]:
- chai teas
- herbal teas
- fruit teas

[DISLIKES]:
- mint in blends (it’s ok as straight mint)

JUST ME
Apart from tea, I love reading, board-gaming with my husband, learning foreign languages (currently Spanish and Portuguese) and listening to lots and lots of music!

And if we just stick to food-related stuff I am also a great aficionado of good craft beer and dark chocolate :)

MY FAVORITE TEA COMPANIES (so far):
Butiki
Golden Moon Tea
Harney & Sons
Lupicia
Shang Tea
What-Cha
Whispering Pines Tea Co.
Yezi Tea

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